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The US would also take breaks where they greatly reduced immigration levels in order to let things "settle" a bit, instead of running it full throttle with no e
by xienze 3y ago
The US would also take breaks where they greatly reduced immigration levels in order to let things "settle" a bit, instead of running it full throttle with no end in sight.
AND of course, birth rates were significantly higher, which is what drove a lot of growth. Which can be accommodated much easier from a housing stock perspective, as mentioned earlier. The situation today isn't exactly the same.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoOnly "break" was a recent decade, with smallest increase of population in time. Up till 1860s US was growing at over 30% every decade, up till 1910 20%, and up till 2000 over 10%, with only exception being 1940s... due to known reasons. "Foreign born" percent of population was higher in the 1800s as well.